Abstract: This study focused on community participation and the performance of project implementation, which is very significant in the economic development of Rwanda and the entire global community. Community participation has become an increasing aspect key tool of public policy and service delivery within the realm of good governance across the world. This study hypothesizes community participation and the performance of project implementation within Bumbogo VUP Water Supply Project, in Gasabo District as case study. The study used both descriptive and correlation statistics, where the researcher used both qualitative and quantitative approach. The total population of this study equal to 850; using Yamane formula, the researcher used a sample size of 89 respondents. The sampling technique used in this study is stratified random and purposive sampling method. The data was finally analyzed using SPSS. The results of the study indicate that there is a strong positive correlation between community participation and the performance of the project implementation. The regression analysis indicated that community participation in need analysis has the greatest influence, followed by Community participation in M&E. community participation in planning has the least influence on the performance of project implementation. Overall, success of project implementation improves with greater community participation throughout the project life cycle.
Keywords: Community participation, project implementation, project performance.
Title: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IN BUMBOGO VUP, RWANDA
Author: Dr. MBONIMANA Gamariel, Nehemie Nkurunziza
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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